Enhancement updates provide short alerts to new, fixed or improved Connect Care functions...
- Hazardous Medication Storyboard Alerts
On May 5, 2025, an alert in Connect Care was introduced to identify patients receiving hazardous medications. This alert was available to inpatient departments and multi-function departments that serve both inpatient and outpatient contexts. Since the alert was launched, feedback has been received requesting streamlined workflows, reduced alert fatigue, and visibility of the KNOWN hazard medication alert in non-encounter views.
As of August 6, 2025, the following changes will be made to the hazardous medication alert:
- Storyboard will now display only KNOWN Hazard Medication alerts, visible in both encounter and non-encounter views (click the camera icon to see screenshots).
- POTENTIAL and REPRODUCTIVE hazard medication alerts will no longer be identified on the Storyboard.
- When handling blood or body fluids from patients receiving POTENTIAL or REPRODUCTIVE hazard medications, refer to the AHS/COV Hazardous Medication PPE Guide to determine the required personal protective equipment (PPE).
- For patients admitted to inpatients and who had received a KNOWN Hazard Medication at home or in the community, the system will use the admit date as the assumed last dose date to calculate the precautionary period timeline.
KNOWN hazard medication alerts will remain active until: the indicated precautionary period has passed (if the medication was administered through the MAR); the medication has been discontinued, cancelled, or expired (by a patient report or an authorized community prescriber); or the admit date to calculate the precautionary period has passed. Non-prescribers will continue to be able to see the KNOWN, POTENTIAL, or REPRODUCTIVE hazardous medication alerts in other locations, including lab specimen labels.
This change is phase 1 of integrating hazardous medication identification into Connect Care; phase 2 will expand identification to all other departments, with implementation planned for a future date.
For more information, see the FAQ: